Agrippina the Elder


Agrippina the Elder



Orichalcum sestertius of Gaius (Caligula), Rome, 37-41 A.D.
 
AGRIPPINA M F MAT C CAESARIS AVGVSTI; Draped bust of Agrippina r., hair falling in long plait behind.
S P Q R / MEMORIAE / AGRIPPINAE; Carpentum with ornamented side drawn l. by two mules; the cover supported at the corners by standing figures.
 
RIC 55; BMCRE 85; Cohen 1; CBN 128; Kent-Hirmer pl. 47, 164
 
Picture credit: Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG (Auction 51), 5.3.2009, lot 176

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